Trainer Enver Jusufovic will give his Group 1 winner Pinstriped a trial at Cranbourne in preparation for his racing return at Caulfield. Pinstriped is earmarked to resume in the Group 1 CF Orr Stakes (1400m) on Saturday and is down to trial over 800m at Cranbourne on Monday. The trial is one… Read More »
James Mcdonald will partner debut winner Rivellino in the $2 million Inglis Millennium in a booking trainer Kris Lees says is a significant confidence boost. While Lees’ stable apprentice Benjamin Osmond rode the colt to victory at his lone start in a two-year-old maiden in January, McDonald subsequently tested him in a Randwick… Read More »
Trainers John O’Shea and Tom Charlton have had a long-range goal in place for Schwarz to win a Group 1 race and stamp his potential future as a sire. Right from the start of Schwarz’s four-year-old season, the Group 1 CF Orr Stakes (1400m) has been the target contest for the… Read More »
Lastotchka, the staying mare trained by Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr, is on the path back to racing after a challenging period following her run in the 2023 Melbourne Cup. The six-year-old, owned by Australian Bloodstock, had a tough outing in the Melbourne Cup, which was her only Australian… Read More »
Enver Jusufovic is set to give his sprinter Philosopher a shot at Group 1 glory in the Black Caviar Lightning (1000m) at Flemington on February 15, following an impressive victory in the Listed Adams Stakes (1000m) at Sandown Lakeside. Philosopher won the Adams Stakes by two-and-three-quarter lengths in a blistering… Read More »
Damian Lane, a top jockey, has been suspended for eight meetings due to a careless riding charge incurred during his ride on So Glamorous in the Group 3 Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes (1200m) at Sandown on Saturday. Lane pleaded guilty to the charge and will miss the upcoming Lightning Stakes meeting… Read More »
WIN OF THE DAY Quality mare Bonjoy made it look easy in winning her third straight race in a row. Today it was the Ascot mile and later in the year there’s another Ascot race that’s a lot more prestigious and carries more prizemoney that she will target: the Group 1 Railway… Read More »
He cost $7000 and has one leg held together by pins, but it is Willaidow’s tough-as-nails demeanour on the racetrack that has trainer Marc Conners dreaming big. The six-year-old’s courage was again to the fore at Rosehill on Saturday when he dug deep to fend off all challengers in Saturday’s Group… Read More »
Tulloch Lodge will consider setting The Playwright on the same path Lady Of Camelot blazed 12 months ago after the filly emulated her Golden Slipper-winning stablemate by claiming the Widden Stakes. Lady Of Camelot took out the fillies’ feature last year before going on to beat all but Haysugi in the Group… Read More »
Hard work riding in jump-outs at various centres where the majority of jockeys would not ride over the past couple of months has paid a dividend for Daniel Moor. While not initially booked for the ride on Inkaruna in the Group 3 Chairman’s Stakes (1000m) at Sandown on Saturday, Moor was… Read More »
Gerald Ryan is lukewarm on pursuing a Golden Slipper start with Blitzburg despite the colt outsprinting his rivals to post an all-the-way win in the Group 3 Canonbury Stakes at Rosehill. The most experienced youngster in Saturday’s field of seven, Blitzburg ($4.80) gave a strong kick at the top of the straight… Read More »
New York Lustre will always hold special thoughts for Jamie Melham after scoring a nail-biting win at Sandown. The Enver Jusufovic-trained New York Lustre provided Melham with her first winner since marrying fellow jockey Ben Melham last month when taking out the John Moule Handicap (1200m) on Saturday. “It’s so weird to hear… Read More »
Racing NSW Integrity officials have disqualified registered owner Jamie Carruthers for five months following an investigation into a social media post that was deemed prejudicial to the image, interests, and welfare of the Thoroughbred racing industry. The incident came to light on 21 January 2025, when Racing NSW Integrity was… Read More »
Cranbourne conditioner Enver Jusufovic has a lot of time for New York Lustre who will look to register a winning hat-trick for the campaign at Sandown. Sent for a spell after opening her winning account last July, New York Lustre runs in the John Moule Handicap (1200m) on Saturday looking to add… Read More »
Three-year-old filly Jenni Intiba made a statement on debut, storming home from last to win the seventh heat of the Future Stars Series at Pakenham on Thursday night. Trained by Charlotte Littlefield and ridden by Craig Newitt, the $18 outsider overcame a slow start in the 1400m event to finish… Read More »
Promising filly Cherish Me will bypass traditional lead-up races and trials as she prepares for the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) on February 22. Trainer Ciaron Maher has opted to keep the Geelong Diamond winner fresh, ruling out a start in the Blue Diamond Prelude or recent jumpouts. Assistant… Read More »
Herarcomesthestar will be racing for more than prize money when she lines up in a Stakes race at Sandown. While any prize money for finishing in the top three in the Group 3 Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes (1200m) on Saturday would be nice for connections, ‘Black Type’ is more important. Trainer John… Read More »
Trainer Dominic Sutton will put the horse first before personal ambition as Victoria’s richest two-year-old race looms. Sutton has Sword Of Legacy among the 81 youngsters still in contention for the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on February 22. But Sutton, who runs dual yards at Ballarat and Flemington,… Read More »
Luke Price is the first to concede Our Gold Hope will need tempo and luck to feature first-up in a black-type sprint, but he is equally adamant she is going well enough to belie her outsider status. At $61, the mare is set to start the second longest-priced runner in Saturday’s… Read More »
If the upcoming Rosehill meeting was a day later, in-form mare So Newchee Thinks would be banned from competing. The daughter of So You Think is in foal to Starspangledbanner and under the rules, the official cut-off for her racing career is February 1, which happens to be the date of… Read More »
